Rating: PG
Genre: Fantasy
Theatrical Release: 06/27/1986(USA)
Release Date: 08/14/2007
SubTitles: English/French/Japanese/Por
Dubbed: English/Japanese/Por
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 101 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence
Distributor/Studio: Sony Pictures

George Lucas produced and Jim Henson directed this gothic fantasy which pits living and breathing actors Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie (who, along with Trevor Jones, provides the film's music) against a motley collection of Muppet monsters. The film centers upon teenage Sarah (Connelly), who lives in a fantasy world of myth and magic, evil spells, and wondrous enchantment. She is baby-sitting her little brother when she cavalierly wishes that goblins would take him away. She gets her wish, and a coterie of goblins abduct him. She then encounters Jareth (David Bowie), the ruler of a mystical world one step removed from reality. He tells Sarah that the only way to get her brother back is to find her way through a M.C. Escher-like labyrinth and find the castle at the center. As she makes her way through the maze, she faces a number of horrific challenges (like the Bog of Eternal Stench) before she finds her way to the gravity-defying castle, where her brother is being held by the evil goblins.

~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
David Bowie - Jareth
Jennifer Connelly - Sarah
Toby Froud - Toby
Shelley Thompson - Stepmother
Brian Henson - Hoggle
Christopher Malcolm - Father
Natalie Finland - Fairy
Shari Weiser - Hoggle
Ron Mueck - Ludo/Ludo's Voice/Firey 2/Goblin
David Barclay - Didymus
David Shaughnessey - Didymus
Karen Prell - The Worm/The Junk Lady/Firey 2
Timothy Bateson - The Worm/The Four Guards/Goblin

Production:
Jim Henson - Director
Eric Rattray David Lazer - Producer
Trevor Jones - Composer
John Grover - Editor
Lewis John Carlino Jim Henson Terry Jones John Varley Edward C. Hume - Screen Writer
Michael White - Art Director
Peter Howitt - Art Director
Roger Cain - Art Director
Terry Ackland-Snow - Art Director
Martin G. Baker - Associate Producer
Charles Augins - Choreography
Cheryl McFadden - Choreography
Gates McFadden - Choreography
Michael Moschen - Choreography
Alex Thomson - Cinematographer
Brian Froud - Costume Designer
Ellis Flyte - Costume Designer
George Lucas - Executive Producer
Nick Dudman - Makeup
Wally Schneiderman - Makeup
Elliot Scott - Production Designer
Dennis Lee - Short Story Author
David Bowie - Songwriter
George Gibbs - Special Effects
Dennis Less - Short Story Author

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1986 British Academy of Film and Television